The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-03-31
The Cancer and the Crab.

This morning while on my rounds l
saw q curious and wonderful remedy,
which is said to be sure cure for can
Ger.
The case referred to is that of Mr..
Jacob Hertz, well.known German citi.
zen of Augusta.
While vending my way up town this
morning was hailed by gentleman who
invited me to accompany him to the room
of the gentleman above mentioned, at
the same time stating that would find
it good subject to write upon. Upon
entering the room We found number OF
gentlemen, together with Mr.. Hertz, who
was sitting in a rocking. chair with
large, common sea crab clinging to his
neck. Upon being asked about himself,
Mr.. Hertz stated that about year ago
he was troubled with pimple on his
tongue, which gradually grew larger and
larger until it developed into cancer.
He went to a prominent New York ply.
siciap, who stated that the only remedy
was to cut out the tongue. Mr.. Hertz
consented to this, and his entire tongue,
including the root, was taken out. A
remarkable thing about this is that,
although his tongue is entirely gone, he
can talk and be distinctly understood.
After his tongue was taken out he enjoy
ed perfect health until about month
ago, when another cancer developed on
the right side of his neck. The most
prominent physicians of the city were
call in, and after attending him for about
a week pronounced it incurable, stating
that it was impossible for him to live
more than few days. About this time
an old friend of his, VIM. Voelker, visit
ed his room one day and stated that be
had discovered a remedy in an old Ger.
man book, printed fifty years ago, which
was pronounced positive cure for cancer.
This remedy was to tie the claws ofa
crab and place him on the wound, the
book stating that it would extract all the
virus from the wound and then expire.
Although Mr.. Hertz's life had been
despaired of by his friends, they decided
to try this remedy as last resort.
Accordingly they obtained q basket Of
crabs from Charleston and tried them,
putting the first one on about ten days
ago. At that time the wound was fully
two inches in diameter. The first crab
expired in about one hour, and when
taken off and cut open it vas found that
it was perfectly black all through. Since
that time they have been applied daily,
and now a single crab remains on the
wound for FIVE hours without expiring,
and the wound to day presents decid-
edly more healthy appearance and is
hardly an inch in diameter.
When the doctors despaired of saving
the life of Mr.. Hertz and notified him that
he would die hia neck was terribly swol-
len; he could neither move his head nor
arms, and found it impossible to sleep at
night on ACCOUNT Of the terrible pain he
endured. At present he can move his
head and arms freely, walks around the
room with ease, and sleeps from eight to
eleven hours night. He eats heartily,
and seems to enjoy his meals.
The crabs act by sucking the virus
from the wound, thus keeping it clean
and preventing the poison from being
distributed throughout the system.
None of the doctors have visited him
since he commenced the use of crabs, but
his friends and relatives now seem to
have no doubt of his recovery, thinking,
as the old German book states, that the
cancer will eventually be entirely healed
and cured by this remedy.-Correspon.
dence Neus and Courier, March %.